Jefferson Unitarian Church

How did the ancients see the universe and what does it say about how we humans should relate to survive the folly of our lifestyle?

Join us as one of our JUC members and Rev. Wendy explore blessing together.

Join us as one of our JUC members and Rev. Wendy explore blessing together.

Join us as one of our JUC members and Rev. Wendy explore blessing together.

Join us as one of our JUC members and Rev. Wendy explore blessing together.

Join us as one of our JUC members and Rev. Wendy explore blessing together.

Join us as one of our JUC members and Rev. Wendy explore blessing together.

Join us as one of our JUC members and Rev. Wendy explore blessing together.

In April 2019, the combined UU choirs from the front range congregations, sang the Cantata that Revs. Wendy and Keith wrote in 2016. Join us as we share this recording, with a special introduction from the composer and lyricist.

“However defined, Blessings are gifts that open doors to healing, connection, meaning, and transformation.” ~ John O’Donohue. Join our Worship Associates who share their own stories of blessing.

A mushroom walks into a bar. The bartender says he can’t serve him. He says, “Why not? I’m a fun guy.” On Father’s Day, we celebrate Dad jokes as a gift of play.

As we welcome new members, we take a new look at our church, faith, and religion. Could it be that a part of what we are doing together is reminding each other of the incredible lightness of being?

Join Rev. Wendy and Jules as they explore why play is more than fun. It may even be a tool of our faith

We all know that endings and beginnings are a part of life, and yet change often leaves us with feelings of grief and loss. As I come to the end of my time at JUC, join me in exploring the complexity of emotions that comes ... read more.

A12th-century Benedictine abbess, writer, poet, and composer, Hildegard had prophetic and mystical visions and is said to have been a miracle worker. How do mystical experiences fit into our UU faith?

Brené Brown writes: owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” How do we do that individually and collectively?

Stories are the way we carry the past into the future. Stories connect us to each other. There is power in story to change and be changed. In a faith tradition that reminds us our story is not pre-determined, how are we called to pay ... read more.

When we are young we think we have to figure out what we want to become, but becoming is something we do from the moment we are born until our last day on earth. We can’t control the future, but we can control our intentionality ... read more.

Be. Be-ing. Being. Not Doing, as we often find ourselves. How do you respond to the calls you hear? Whether from beloveds or the urgency of action. How do you respond? I’m coming! (or sometimes, NO! ... read more.

As a people whose interaction with the Easter story is metaphorical, what does the empty tomb offer us. What does it have to teach us about becoming?

As we come to the end of Women’s History month, we’ll hear from our Black Unitarian ancestor, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. We’ll consider what liberation means in a UU context, and Jen Simon, minister to the Mountain Top Black, Indigenous, and People of Color ... read more.

In Paulo Coelho’s novel, Brida, The main character says, “I’m afraid of committing myself.” Coelho writes, “She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none.” How can making commitments help us focus and keep us on the paths we choose to ... read more.

There is a line in the Book of Matthew that says “By their fruits you shall know them.” What does that mean? What if isn’t just our fruits (our production) that say something about us, but our commitments? What do we learn about ourselves from ... read more.

In this time of uncertainty, what deserves our commitment?

As I prepare to leave on a period of sabbatical leave, I hope you’ll join me as we consider the power of community and the balance of time apart. Both can strengthen and renew us, and we must decide when and how to strike the ... read more.

UU innovator Paula Cole Jones suggests that instead of using the old metaphor of churches as “families” we instead start to think of our congregations as a “community of communities”. How can this new way of thinking help us to build an inclusive, welcoming, and ... read more.

To live in this time is to be intimately familiar with doubt, despair, anger, fear, and assorted other unsettling feelings. The pandemic, as well as the election and aftermath have left us in collective trauma. This has, of course, happened to others in human history. ... read more.

There is a familiar adage that reminds us that there is often more to things than meet the eye. How might imagination invite us to look afresh at ourselves and the things we thought we knew?

When we say yes to life, we are in many ways saying yes to what we cannot even imagine. This is true for ourselves, and even more so when we choose to bring children into the world. What we imagine can launch us on the ... read more.

This is the time of year in which we are often reminded of Dr. King’s dream. In the last five years of King’s life, his dream expanded. How are we being offered an opportunity to expand the dreams we have for ourselves and widen our ... read more.

Songwriter Malcolm Stewart wrote: “Let’s play a game; let’s pretend that love is each man’s name; let’s see if the world remains the same.” As we dig through the rubble of 2020, let’s find and examine the little seedlings of hope that are springing up ... read more.

Rumi wrote, “Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who’s there.” As 2020, a year of frustration, fear and loss draws to a close, may we remember the power of our love and joy to heal ... read more.

An intergenerational service with Wendy, Jules, & Jenny that invites us to practice embodying stillness as a gift to ourselves and the world.

This Sunday is in the midst of Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday of lights. What does Hanukkah have to teach us, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, in this time?

Across traditions, stillness has not been an end but a means of preparation. How might that help us in this busy season?

Thich Nhat Hanh writes: “I have arrived, I am home, In the here and in the now, I am solid, I am free, In the ultimate I dwell.” How might the practice of finding our quiet center help us to cope and heal in these ... read more.

Sometimes the start to healing is apologizing for what went wrong. What have the experts learned about apologies we should all know?

When we are in pain or under threat, what can we hold on to?

On this Sunday following the election, despite the results and in the possibility of not knowing election results, this community will gather to be with one another in support and companionship. This hour will be a musical embrace of courage, remembering that we are on ... read more.

It feels almost silly to say we live in bodies. Yet it is a worthy reminder. It is in our bodies that we feel hope and fear. It is were we constrict and relax. Our body is where we feel pain and healing. Neither our ... read more.

Ysaye Barnwell’s song “Breaths” invites us to listen to the ancestor’s breath. What might we learn if we did?

In our world, yes is often conflated with consent or agreement. What if, instead, it were a practice integral to deep listening?

The late Rev. Fred Rogers (known to most as Mr. Rogers) said, “Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.” In this time of social unrest and a deep cultural divide in our country, how can deep listening bring healing ... read more.

In Congressman John Lewis’s posthumously published op-ed, he urged us to answer the highest calling of our hearts. How does deep listening put us on that path?

UUSC President, the Rev. Mary Katherine Morn joins us to preach stories of courage and invite us to know more about the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

As our Jewish siblings begin the Days of Awe, they celebrate the birth of the world. In sharing that story, we invite ourselves to come out of the narrow places and remember the sparks anew.

In typical years, this Sunday we gather to celebrate the beginning of a new church year. Bereft of gathering, how might we celebrate our future by remembering our past?

On this Labor Day weekend, let us consider together the meaning of that word, “essential.” Many workers have been declared essential, and many others laid off, during this last half year. What does it mean that the very people responsible for the food we eat, ... read more.

We are inviting certain of our members to offer an exploration of how our principles or sources inform their lives, offer guidance, or affirm something of importance. Then, one of our ministers will offer further reflection.

We are inviting certain of our members to offer an exploration of how our principles or sources inform their lives, offer guidance, or affirm something of importance. Then, one of our ministers will offer further reflection.

If compassion means feeling the suffering and sorrows of another, the first step must be being able to hear those sorrows. Too often we find ourselves planning our argument, rather than hearing what another has said. Or as the Buddhist teaching tale puts it, our ... read more.